Dell Metered PDU LED - Manual (Page 4)

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Introduction
Product Features
The Dell ® Metered Rack Power Distribution Unit (PDU) is a stand-alone, network-
manageable power distribution device that monitors the current, voltage, and power for
the Rack PDU.
You can manage a Rack PDU through its Web interface, its command line interface, or
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP):
• Access the Web interface using Hypertext Transfer Protocol or using secure HTTP
(HTTPS) with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). See Logging On to the Web Interface .
• Access the command line interface through a serial connection, Telnet, or Secure
SHell (SSH). See About the Command Line Interface .
• Use an SNMP browser and the Dell Management Information Base (MIB) to manage
your Rack PDU.
Rack PDUs have these additional features:
• Voltage, current, and power monitoring for the device and each phase as applicable.
• Configurable alarm thresholds that provide network and visual alarms to help avoid
overloaded circuits.
• Three levels of user access accounts: Administrator, Device User, and
Read-Only User.
• Event and data logging. The event log is accessible by Telnet, Secure CoPy (SCP),
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), serial connection, or Web browser (using HTTPS
access with SSL, or using HTTP access). The data log is accessible by Web
browser, SCP, or FTP.